help diagnose ticking?
08-21-2005, 08:34 PM
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Originally Posted by SS1875
Im sure you have checked the gaskets on the exhaust..just thought I would throw that in but it kind of sounds like the old piston slap I had once upon a time before the engine swap. Good luck, I hope you find out what is causing it.
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08-21-2005, 08:36 PM
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Originally Posted by SS1875
Im sure you have checked the gaskets on the exhaust..just thought I would throw that in but it kind of sounds like the old piston slap I had once upon a time before the engine swap. Good luck, I hope you find out what is causing it.
Jon
08-21-2005, 09:08 PM
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I have a 98 that was silent, after installing Patriot heads and a comp cam it sounds like a sewing machine. I called Patriot they said the heads will make more noise due to the larger springs. Called where I got the cam, they told me larger cam is noisier, so the combo of the two means my car goes like hell, but sounds like crap.
08-21-2005, 10:28 PM
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my car has ticked forever, and its louder right after i get off of the highway, i have noticed that all ls1 style motors do it... the full size truck from 4.8s to 6.0s....its just one of those things, but its never thrown any false knock, and its never hurt my performance. i changed to comp oe lifters, and went over my valvetrain a million times, and its never gone away, its just slowly gotten louder after my heads/cam swap....its wierd, and frustrating, but after 10k miles of ticking, there were no signs of wear..anywhere associated with the valvetrain, and the car still pulls hard and makes great numbers
08-22-2005, 06:15 AM
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Originally Posted by zapp168
I have a 98 that was silent, after installing Patriot heads and a comp cam it sounds like a sewing machine. I called Patriot they said the heads will make more noise due to the larger springs. Called where I got the cam, they told me larger cam is noisier, so the combo of the two means my car goes like hell, but sounds like crap.
Jon
08-22-2005, 08:30 AM
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I'll pray that its something simple, but I'll tell you it sounded just like mine... Less than a month ago...
uhmmm 14 lifters were ate up, as in the roller looked like complete hell.... couple rod bearings spun, some scoring on the cylinder walls, couple lobes of the cam were ate up pretty good.
Change the oil!!!! Check the drain plug for metal, check your filter too.
uhmmm 14 lifters were ate up, as in the roller looked like complete hell.... couple rod bearings spun, some scoring on the cylinder walls, couple lobes of the cam were ate up pretty good.
Change the oil!!!! Check the drain plug for metal, check your filter too.
08-22-2005, 10:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Brandon
I'll pray that its something simple, but I'll tell you it sounded just like mine... Less than a month ago...
uhmmm 14 lifters were ate up, as in the roller looked like complete hell.... couple rod bearings spun, some scoring on the cylinder walls, couple lobes of the cam were ate up pretty good.
Change the oil!!!! Check the drain plug for metal, check your filter too.
uhmmm 14 lifters were ate up, as in the roller looked like complete hell.... couple rod bearings spun, some scoring on the cylinder walls, couple lobes of the cam were ate up pretty good.
Change the oil!!!! Check the drain plug for metal, check your filter too.
Jon
